Grande will carry NFL Network

As Time Warner continues negotiations to bring the NFL Network to its airwaves, Grande Communications, which provides service in parts of San Antonio, has announced that it will carry the station.

The network will be packaged with Grande digital TV services.

Several cable providers have been locked in battles with the NFL Network, keeping it off of their airwaves.

The 24-hour network devoted to football, is scheduled to air eight regular-season games this year. Two of those are Dallas Cowboys games with the potential to draw a large South Texas Audience. A third is a Houston Texans game that also could draw a large South Texas audience.

Time Warner, San Antonio’s dominant cable provider, says the network has made unreasonable demands for its programming.